Stephania hernandifolia Walp.

 
  • Family : MENISPERMACEAE
    (Moonseed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GILOY FAMILY (गिलोय फैमिली
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Menispermaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Cissempelos hexandra Roxb.; Clypea hernandifolia W & A.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Stephania Hernandifolia Walp.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Lupuketiya-wel (Sinhalese)
    • Ambastha, patha (Sanskrit)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : The root is regarded as light, bitter, astringent and useful in fever, diarrhoea, urinary diseases, dyspepsia, etc. Sir W. O’Shaughnessy speaks highly of this plant.
  • Key identification features : A slender twiner, shoots glabrous. Flowers: greenish-white, very small, nearly sessile in small umbels at ends of branches of long-stalked, axillary umbels; bracts subulate. Fruit: scarlet, solitary, sessile, small, ⅓ in., compressed, glabrous.
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Native : From Nepal to Chittagong. Singapore, Ceylon, Malaya.
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Herbarium collected by Patanjali Bhartiya Ayurvigyan AvUm Anusandhan Sansthan, Haridwar, Uttarkhand
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stephania hernandifolia. Downloaded on 9 December 2024.

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